SSR SMA5

[transportizm]

Tomorrow and Sunday, it says the district line is not working but is it just passenger testing for the ATO

[Dstock7080]

Mar 25, 2022 17:20:19 GMT transportizm said:

Tomorrow and Sunday, it says the district line is not working but is it just passenger testing for the ATO

Commissioning this weekend.
No trains tomorrow Wimbledon/Richmond/Ealing-West Ham until 11.00.
after 11.00 trains will run passenger but detrain at the boundaries of Sloane Square, Barons Court, Fulham Broadway, Paddington.
At some point on either Saturday afternoon or Sunday certification for passenger service should be received and trains will then allow passengers to be carried

[transportizm]

Mar 25, 2022 19:30:30 GMT Dstock7080 said:

Mar 25, 2022 17:20:19 GMT transportizm said:

Tomorrow and Sunday, it says the district line is not working but is it just passenger testing for the ATO

Commissioning this weekend.
No trains tomorrow Wimbledon/Richmond/Ealing-West Ham until 11.00.
after 11.00 trains will run passenger but detrain at the boundaries of Sloane Square, Barons Court, Fulham Broadway, Paddington.
At some point on either Saturday afternoon or Sunday certification for passenger service should be received and trains will then allow passengers to be carried

Thanks a mill.

[Green Kitten]

This will mean the entire Circle Line will be under the new signalling. SMA6 (Stepney Green to Becontree) will complete the H&C.

[Dstock7080]

Mar 26, 2022 8:09:41 GMT Green Kitten said:

This will mean the entire Circle Line will be under the new signalling. SMA6 (Stepney Green to Becontree) will complete the H&C.

Correct

[transportizm]

Hopefully the trains are now a little bit faster on the SMA5... trains sometimes are very slow on this part of the line

[SILENCED]

Am I the only one that has no idea what this thread is about? Can someone kindly explain for the layman.

[transportizm]

Mar 26, 2022 9:40:23 GMT SILENCED said:

Am I the only one that has no idea what this thread is about? Can someone kindly explain for the layman.

The new SMA5 section on the SSR is being started today and I wanted to now if it was passenger testing.

[Frenzie]

Mar 26, 2022 9:40:23 GMT SILENCED said:

Am I the only one that has no idea what this thread is about? Can someone kindly explain for the layman.

SMA stands for Signal Migration Area I believe and this weekend will see the commissioning of the 5th area. This is part of the new 4 lines modernisation project which aims at converting the the 4 subsurface lines to Automatic Train Operation.

content.tfl.gov.uk/fpc-160121-item11-four-lines-modernisation.pdf

Hopefully the link works. If you scroll down you’ll see a diagram of the various SMAs. Areas 1-4 have already been commissioned.

[Dstock7080]

Mar 26, 2022 10:02:50 GMT Frenzie said:

SMA stands for Signal Migration Area I believe and this weekend will see the commissioning of the 5th area.

6th area.

[transportizm]

As of 15:36pm, trains are been tested with no passengers between the SMA 5 area but at the boundaries are where trains are starting and ending.

[Dstock7080]

Mar 26, 2022 16:18:39 GMT transportizm said:

As of 15:36pm, trains are been tested with no passengers between the SMA 5 area but at the boundaries are where trains are starting and ending.

Unlikely to be open for passenger operation until Sunday afternoon at the earliest, due to the on-going failure at Aldgate East 

[WH241]

District Line was a mess around 2.30pm with no eastbound service from Tower Hill and a 20min service westbound.   As a side note I wish drivers would advise passengers when the Monument interchange to Bank is closed! this caught me out as you can't see until you have exited the train.

 

[Dstock7080]

Mar 26, 2022 20:14:14 GMT WH241 said:

As a side note I wish drivers would advise passengers when the Monument interchange to Bank is closed! this caught me out as you can't see until you have exited the train.

 

Has been closed since 15 January when Northern Line Bank branch closed.

[WH241]

Mar 26, 2022 21:15:10 GMT Dstock7080 said:

Mar 26, 2022 20:14:14 GMT WH241 said:

As a side note I wish drivers would advise passengers when the Monument interchange to Bank is closed! this caught me out as you can't see until you have exited the train.

 

Has been closed since 15 January when Northern Line Bank branch closed.

I didn’t realise that, I assumed the interchange was only closed when the DLR was closed at Bank.